Scots eedit

Etymologie eedit

Frae Auld Norse ferligr (ugsome, dreidfu).[1]


Spellin variants eedit

  • ferly
  • fairl(e)y

Verb eedit

ferlie (third-person singular simple present ferlies, present participle ferlin, simple past an past participle ferlit, ferlied)

[1] (transitive) tae mairvel or strange at somethin
Or tell what new taxation's comin, An' ferlie at the folk in London.
Robert Burns: Twa Dogs[2]
But whan we seek amang the gret makars o the Stewarts’ kingrik for sangs in praise o Scotland, we’ll aiblins ferlie a wee tae finn hou scant thay are.
- Derrick McClure: Tae gang free - a history of patriotic poetry in Scots (2020)[3]

Conjugation eedit

<ferlie>Conjugation o ferlie</ferlie>
Infinite forms
infinitive (fir tae) ferlie
present participle ferlin
past participle ferlit, ferlied
Finite forms
  simple present narrative present simple past
first-person singular A ferlie, ferlies[N 1] ferlies ferlit, ferlied
seicont-person singular ye/you
seicont-person sg. intimate[N 2] du/thoo ferlies
third-person singular he/she/(h)it ferlies
first-person plural we ferlie, ferlies[N 1]
seicont-person plural yese/youse
seicont-person pl. collective[N 3] awyese/awyouse
third-person plural thay ferlie, ferlies[N 1]
  1. a b c Gin the Northern Subject Rule is uised.
  2. Intimate form uised in Shetland (du) an Orkney (thoo).
  3. Awyese/awyouse is fur whan ye'r referin tae a hale collective o fowk insteid o multiple fowk individual-like.
    For exemple, askin "Are yese awa?" will gie ye different repones fae different fowk, whaur "Are awyese awa?" will git ye ae repone fae somebody representin 'e hale boorach.



References eedit

  1. "ferlie". Dictionar o the Scots Leid (in Inglis). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. "The Twa Dogs". robertburnsfederation.com. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  3. McClure, Derrick. "Tae gang free - a history of patriotic poetry in Scots". Centre for the Scots Leid. Retrieved 13 December 2020.